Senior Hybrid Indirect Site Services Sourcing Lead

Merck; De Soto (KS); Hybrid; USD 96.000 - 151.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid holidays and vacation

Sick days

Zusammenfassung

Merck & Co., Inc. in the United States seeks a Senior Specialist, Indirect Site Services to support multi-site sourcing for De Soto, KS and other North American locations. The role emphasizes indirect services including facilities, maintenance, and calibration, with a hybrid work setup (3 days on-site, 2 remote).

Candidates should have 3+ years in procurement within Life Sciences, strong negotiation skills, and the ability to manage stakeholders and supplier performance across multiple sites.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply chain, Science, Engineering, or related area.
• Minimum three years' experience in procurement within Life Sciences or related industry environments.
• Experience with multi-site sourcing of indirect services categories including gases, electrical/mechanical site services, production equipment maintenance, and calibration services.
• Strategic and effective negotiation/commercial skills.
• Capable of prioritizing and multi-tasking, and working to an agreed schedule.
• Self-motivated and able to work both individually or as part of a team.
• Flexible approach to workload.

Aufgaben

• Drive sourcing strategies and stakeholder management for indirect services categories.
• Establish supply strategies and mitigate supply risks/issues.
• Lead stakeholder engagement meetings and routine reviews.
• Translate stakeholder requirements into tangible business results.
• Develop requirements with business, legal, and other stakeholders.
• Conduct relationship management meetings with key and active suppliers.
• Manage supplier performance levels.
• Create and execute RFI and RFP processes.
• Lead the assessment of proposals using predefined criteria derived from business requirements.
• Develop sourcing strategies aligned with stakeholder business requirements to drive value for the company.
• Create detailed pre-negotiation plans, lead negotiation sessions, and conduct post-negotiation debriefs.
• Prepare and implement appropriate forms of contract and commitment with suppliers.
• Liaise with corporate Legal for contract clause reviews.
• Ensure supplier agreements and relationships have good supplier matrix embedded within.
• Monitor, report, manage, and continuously improve supplier performance using OTIF metrics.
• Drive innovation with key suppliers and conduct routine meetings.
• Share best practices cross-functionally within the site team, region, and across categories.
• Ensure procurement is carried out ethically and in line with procurement policy and procedures.
• Identify, track, and deliver cost reduction opportunities and working capital improvement opportunities.
• Participate in strategic initiatives to improve and advance the category/subcategories.
• Support/manage performance of the category/subcategories in delivering critical department metrics.
• Be an active member of category teams, leading local/regional category strategies or subsets of global category strategies.

Kenntnisse

Indirect Sales

Indirect Sourcing

Life Science

Manufacturing

Manufacturing Sourcing

Multi-Site Experience

Procurement

Sourcing and Procurement

Sourcing Strategies

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in Supply chain, Science, Engineering, or related area of study

Jobbeschreibung

Merck & Co., Inc. in the United States seeks a Senior Specialist, Indirect Site Services to support multi-site sourcing for De Soto, KS and other North American locations. The role emphasizes indirect services including facilities, maintenance, and calibration, with a hybrid work setup (3 days on-site, 2 remote).

Candidates should have 3+ years in procurement within Life Sciences, strong negotiation skills, and the ability to manage stakeholders and supplier performance across multiple sites.